Wednesday, March 7, 2007

3567

Magnets to the rear, please

An Iraqi national with a green card living in the U.S. tries to board a plane with a magnet in his "body cavity" and wires, but he's not a threat?

"The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off an alarm during passenger screening at the airport early on Tuesday morning.

A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man. Local media reports said a magnet was found in his rectum." Story.

You do wonder what he was trying to attract other than attention. I wouldn't want him on my plane.